another 200,000 homes without electricity, and that will last for some

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Wind gusts up to 130 km/h, snowfall (sticky)… The storm Caetano crossed France on Thursday November 21, 2024, causing trees and branches to fall on electrical cables. And depriving many homes electricity.

In a press release sent this Friday, November 22, 2024 to actu.fr, Enedis estimates that at 7 a.m., 200,000 people are without electricity. Their number rose to 270,000 during the night from Thursday to Friday.

Normandy, Loire" rel="tag">Pays de la Loire and Center-Val de Loire very affected

Three regions are particularly affected: Normandy (69,000 households), Pays de la Loire (37,000) and Centre-Val de Loire (22,000). At 6 p.m. Thursday, Enedis had identified “270,000 customers […] deprived of power particularly in Normandy (90,000), in the Pays de la Loire (61,500) and in Centre-Val de Loire (27,000)”.

2,200 Enedis technicians and 400 service providers from across France were pre-mobilized as part of the FIRE (Rapid Electricity Intervention Force) yesterday and will begin repairs this morning because travel safety conditions will be reduced overnight were not fulfilled.

This Friday morning, more than a thousand Enedis agents remain mobilized to restore power to these homes. They are helped by drones and helicopters.

Restoring power, however, may take quite a while. “Enedis aims to resupply 90% of its customers, i.e. 240,000 of the 270,000, in 48 hours, i.e. Saturday evening and the rest on Sunday evening,” explains the distribution network.

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